你有看世界杯吗?
I have noticed in the past few days that some of the guys in the office look tired and not very good, I include myself. The reason: They have been watching the midnight, the 4:00 am or the 6:00 am soccer games of the world cup. Some of them almost stay awake all night, especially if the games are good or of some relevance to qualify for the next round.
在过去的几天里,我发现办公室里有些家伙疲态尽显,也包括我自己。原因:他们看了凌晨、早上四点甚至早上六点钟的世界杯比赛。有些人甚至整夜不睡,特别是遇上精彩的对决或者是关系到第二轮晋级比赛的时候。
Soccer & the World Cup is without a doubt the most watched sport on this planet! It is also the sport that is played as well in most countries and most of the time the most popular sport.
32 Nations battle for the title and the cup!
毫无疑问,足球和世界杯是这个星球上最多人观看的运动!它也是一个风靡绝大多数国家的最受欢迎的运动。32个国家为冠军和奖杯而战。
It is a game of a lot of emotion, passion; it is about your country, your colors, your customs, your culture or your people.
这是一个充满激情的运动;关于你的国家,你的肤色,你的生活习惯,你的文化和你的人民。
There is no other team sport in this world that fuels, induce or provokes all these emotions.
The NBA in China, The NFL in USA, The Champions Soccer League in Europe, The Olympic Games are very liked and watched in these countries or around the world in some cases, but there is nothing quite like the world cup.
这个世界上没有任何一项其它团队运动能像它一样燃烧、引发或者煽动所有这些情感。
NBA在中国、NFL在美国、欧洲的冠军足球联赛、奥运会,这些赛事也受到某种类似的追捧,但狂热程度都无法与世界杯相比。
I have been lucky to see NBA playoff games in USA, Soccer games in Europe of the Champions League, and I have even been to the NFL Super Bowl Final game in Dallas, Texas.
我有幸在美国看过NBA季后赛,在欧洲看过冠军杯足球赛,也曾经在德克萨斯州达拉斯看过NFL的超级碗决赛。
But they do not even rank close to the world cup which I have also attended in USA & Mexico.
The excitement is different, and if your country plays it is even better, exponentially better!
In USA I saw Argentina play, I also saw the semifinal game between Brazil & Holland in Dallas Texas at the Cotton Bowl in 1994, I saw England play Portugal in the World Cup in Mexico in 1986. Believe me it is crazy!!!
但它们都远远比不上我在美国和墨西哥看过的世界杯比赛。那种激动的感觉是不一样的,如果你的国家在踢的话,感觉更好,激动程度呈指数倍增!我曾经在美国看过阿根廷比赛,1994年在达拉斯的棉花碗体育馆看过巴西和荷兰的半决赛,1986年在墨西哥看过英格兰对葡萄牙的比赛。相信我,那真是太疯狂了!!
Have you seen the games of Mexico or Argentina? Have you noticed how many Mexicans or Argentinians are at each game in the stadiums? This morning when Mexico played Croatia it seems like the game was played in Mexico. More than 30,000 Mexicans were present singing and cheering for their country, wearing the country uniform or disguised or painted or wearing a custom a wig, a hat, etc.
你看过墨西哥或者阿根廷的比赛吗?你是否有注意到每一场比赛体育馆里有多少墨西哥或者阿根廷球迷?这个早上,当墨西哥对战克罗地亚的时候,感觉比赛像是在墨西哥举行。超过3万的墨西哥人在现场为他们的国家摇旗呐喊,身着球服,涂着油彩,有些身穿定制服饰,有些戴着假发,或顶着帽子等等各种打扮。
Have you also noticed how loud they are when they scream at the goalkeeper when he is going to kick the ball? Aaaaaaaahhh, PUTO! This one is difficult to explain…………….
你是否有发现当对方守门员要踢球的时候他们冲着他的尖叫声有多大?啊啊啊啊,PUTO!这个词很难解释。。。。
I read in a newspaper that said that more than 50,000 Mexicans travel to Brazil to see the world cup. This morning I heard a colleague that more than 50,000 Argentinians are expected to be seen in the next game their country plays in Porto Alegre, Brazil which is a city relatively close to Argentina.
我从报纸上读到,超过5万墨西哥人去巴西观看世界杯。今天早上一个同事告诉我超过5万阿根廷人可能会在下一场阿根廷队比赛的时候涌到巴西阿雷格里港,那是一个和阿根廷比较近的城市。
The favorites to win the cup are: Brazil, Germany and Argentina
最有可能夺冠的球队是:巴西,德国和阿根廷
The favorite teams according to the girls because they are the most handsome and not necessarily the better team: Argentina, Germany &Spain
女球迷最喜欢的球队例如:阿根廷,德国和西班牙,这些球队上榜的原因不必要是踢得更好的球队,而在于他们是最帅的球队。
Favorite Players: Neymar (Brazil), Messi (Argentina), Muller (Germany), Ochoa (Mexico), Suarez (Uruguay), Balotelly (Italy), Van Persie (Holland), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) and Rooney (England)
最喜欢的球员:内马尔(巴西),梅西(阿根廷),穆勒(德国),奥乔亚(墨西哥),
苏亚雷斯(乌拉圭),巴洛特利(意大利),范佩西(荷兰),克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多(葡萄牙)和鲁尼(英格兰)。
So, why did I decide to talk about the world cup on the ceramic newspaper? First because I know many of you have been watching the games and it is definitely a hot topic these days but secondly because of the relationship that it could have with our ceramic industry.
为什么我要在陶瓷报纸上谈世界杯呢?首先我知道你们很多人都有看比赛,这绝对是一个热门话题,第二因为世界杯可能与我们陶瓷行业有关系。
I believe our industry needs some of what we see in the games of the world cup: More Passion, More Color, More Love(Industry), to be proud of the Country of origin (Made in China), New Strategies, to be able to score more goals (Sales).
我相信我们的行业需要一些在世界杯比赛里面看到的东西:更多的激情,更多的色彩,更多的爱(对行业),为自己的国家感到自豪(中国制造),新的战术,更强的进球能力(销售)。
Sooner or later (Hopefully sooner) China will be able to make it to the world cup, and who knows maybe even host it. I hope I still live to see this happen.
迟早(希望能够早一些)中国将会再进世界杯,谁知道呢,或许会成为主办方。 我希望自己能够活着看到这一切发生。
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